Chris Wilder is not one of those who derides the FA Trophy.

“It’s a competition I want to do well in, the prize at the end is massive – financially as well as the prestige of playing at Wembley,” he said.

Oxford United have already earned £11,000 through progressing through the first two rounds, something they had not managed before, and a further £7,000 is at stake for the winners of third-round ties.

That increases to another £8,000 for fourth-round winners.

Oxford’s record in this competition has not been great.

Indeed, their 2-0 win at AFC Sudbury last season was the only time they have won away in the Trophy.

In 2006-7 they drew 0-0 at Lewes, before winning the replay 1-0, and then lost 2-1 at Halifax, when Chris Wilder was in charge after a 2-2 draw at the Kassam Stadium.

And in 2007-8 Oxford had that embarrassing first-round exit at Tonbridge Angels, 1-0, after a goalless game at the Kassam Stadium.

United’s leading scorer, James Constable, would dearly love to go back to Wembley in the FA Trophy final.

In the 2007 final, playing for Kidderminster Harriers, Constable scored the first and second goals for an English club at the then new Wembley Stadium.

But his efforts were in vain as Kidderminster lost 3–2 to Stevenage Borough.